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"damages" should be "damage". Awien (talk) 14:30, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

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The note reads

• 1991 – The Somali National Movement declared the independence of Somaliland (flag pictured), internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia, following the collapse of central government during the Somali Civil War.

Whereas it would be much more neutral to say;

• 1991 – The Somali National Movement declared the independence of Somaliland (flag pictured), a de facto state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia, following the collapse of central government during the Somali Civil War.

Thank You. Feel free to ask me questions at my talk. Outback the koala (talk) 00:41, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Okay  Done. In future, please use WP:ERRORS for things on the main page. Thanks — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:45, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Plessy v. Ferguson (maintenance); 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (maintenance)
• Omitted: Rhode Island; Crimean Tatars; Gwangju Democratization Movement (ineligible—maintenance); Somaliland; 2006 democracy movement in Nepal
• Included: Siege of Vicksburg (first appearance); Cinema of India (first appearance); Sada Abe (first appearance); Eli Cohen (first appearance); Nix (moon)/Hydra (moon) (first appearance for both)

Woohoo, all five blurbs are making their debuts! —howcheng {chat} 04:47, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Rhode Island (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Smiling Buddha
• Omitted: Cinema of India; Sada Abe (ineligible—maintenance); Eli Cohen; Nix (moon)/Hydra (moon); 2006 democracy movement in Nepal
• Included: Republic of Ezo (5th appearance, last in 2008; moved from December 15); Bath School disaster (first appearance); Battle of Monte Cassino (8th appearance, last in 2010); Operation Passage to Freedom (2nd appearance, last in 2010); 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Siege of Vicksburg (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 150th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:51, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Deleted: Rhode Island (in 1652 Rhode Island was yet a state and Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations appears on May 4)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Plessy v. Ferguson
• Omitted: Siege of Vicksburg; Republic of Ezo; Battle of Monte Cassino; Operation Passage to Freedom; 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
• Included: Battle of Buyur Lake (first appearance); Cinema of India (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Deportation of the Crimean Tatars/Crimean Tatars (Deportation: 1st appearance; Tatars: 2nd appearacnce, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Jacqueline Cochran (first appearance); Smiling Buddha (first appearance; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 10:11, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Sada Abe
• Omitted: Indian film; Deportation of the Crimean Tatars; Jacqueline Cochran; Smiling Buddha
• Included: Republic of Ezo (6th appearance, last in 2013); Plessy v. Ferguson (8th appearance, last in 2010); Operation Passage to Freedom (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 60th anniversary); Nix (moon)/Hydra (moon) (both: 2nd appearance. last in 2012; 10th anniversary)
• Repeats: Battle of Buyur Lake (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:34, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Note on remembrances

May 18 has been designated as the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Crimean Tatar Genocide in Ukraine i.e. for the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars. The article is, I believe, in good shape, and we may want to include this per our usual practice, but we should bear in mind that the designation of genocide is reserved to Ukraine only (though when Greek genocide was first posted it was only recognized by Greece, Cyprus and Sweden) and that genocide is currently not the most popular appellation for this event, even though one of the few experts on this does agree with the designation. --GGT (talk) 13:15, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Jacqueline Cochran (maintenance)
• Omitted: Republic of Ezo; Plessy v. Ferguson; Operation Passage to Freedom; Nix (moon)/Hydra (moon) (Nix: ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Siege of Vicksburg (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Sada Abe (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 80th anniversary); Somaliland (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 25th anniversary); 2006 democracy movement in Nepal (3rd appearance, last in 2011)
• Repeats: Battle of Buyur Lake (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:00, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Cinema of India (maintenance); Battle of Monte Cassino (maintenance); Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (maintenance)
• Omitted: Siege of Vicksburg; Sada Abe; Somaliland; 2006 democracy movement in Nepal
• Included: Republic of Ezo (7th appearance, last in 2015); Bath School disaster (first appearance; 90th anniversary); Eli Cohen (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Smiling Buddha (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (first appearance); Frank Hsieh (first appearance); Mary McLeod Bethune (first appearance)
• Repeats: Battle of Buir Lake (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:46, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Somaliland (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Velupillai Prabhakaran
• Omitted: Republic of Ezo (moved to June 27; wrong date); Bath School disaster; Eli Cohen (ineligible—maintenance); Smiling Buddha; Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran; Frank Hsieh; Mary McLeod Bethune
• Included: Public holidays in Haiti (rescued from Ineligible); Magtymguly Pyragy (rescued from Ineligible); Plessy v. Ferguson (9th appearance, last in 2015); Deportation of the Crimean Tatars/Crimean Tatars (Deportation: 2nd appearance, as blurb; Tatars: 3rd appearance; both last in 2014); Operation Passage to Freedom (4th appearance, last in 2015); 2006 democracy movement in Nepal (4th appearance, last in 2016); John George Children (first appearance); Thomas Midgley Jr. (first appearance); Ian Curtis (first appearance)
• Repeats: Battle of Buir Lake (5th consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:54, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Nix (moon)/Hydra (moon)
• Omitted: Plessy v. Ferguson; Deportation of the Crimean Tatars; Operation Passage to Freedom; 2006 democracy movement in Nepal; John George Children; Thomas Midgley Jr.; Ian Curtis
• Included: Siege of Vicksburg (4th appearance, last in 2016); Sada Abe (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Eli Cohen (3rd appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Velupillai Prabhakaran (first appearance; 10th anniversary); Guido Luca Ferrero (first appearance); Elijah Craig (first appearance); Jean-François Théodore (first appearance)
• Repeats: Battle of Buir Lake (6th consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:02, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Bath School disaster (TFA for 2020)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Tennessee Valley Authority; Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
• New articles (unused): William Hood Simpson; Hedley Verity;
• Omitted: Siege of Vicksburg; Sada Abe; Eli Cohen; Velupillai Prabhakaran; Guido Luca Ferrero; Elijah Craig; Jean-François Théodore
• Included: Aimee Semple McPherson/Reported kidnapping of Aimee Semple McPherson (McPherson: 2nd appearance, last in 2004; Kidnapping: first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Deportation of the Crimean Tatars (5th appearance, last in 2018); 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (8th appearance, last in 2013; 40th anniversary); Omar Khayyam (first appearance); Ester Boserup (first appearance); Ian Curtis (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 40th anniversary)
• Repeats: Battle of Buir Lake (7th consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:42, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Somaliland (maintenance); Nix (moon)/Hydra (moon) (date not certain)
• New articles (ineligible): Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (maintenance)
• Omitted: Aimee Semple McPherson (Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson was also featured but is now ineligible); Deportation of the Crimean Tatars; Ester Boserup; Ian Curtis
• Included: Plessy v. Ferguson (10th appearance, last in 2018); Sada Abe (4th appearance, last in 2019); William Hood Simpson (first appearance); Frank Hsieh (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 75th birthday)
• Repeats: Battle of Buir Lake (8th consecutive appearance, 8 total); 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total); Omar Khayyam (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:41, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Deleted: Cinema of India (Raja Harishchandra on May 3 is usually considered the first Indian film)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Aimee Semple McPherson (blurb also previously featured Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, which remains ineligible)
• Omitted: Battle of Buir Lake; Plessy v. Ferguson; Sada Abe; 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens; Omar Khayyam; William Hood Simpson; Frank Hsieh
• Included: Haitian Flag Day (first appearance; replaces Flag of Haiti); Matins of Bruges (first appearance); 1695 Linfen earthquake (first appearance); Bath School disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Operation Passage to Freedom (5th appearance, last in 2018); 2006 Nepalese revolution (5th appearance, last in 2018); Guido Luca Ferrero (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Elijah Craig (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:21, 19 May 2022 (UTC)